Buckle



c. E. PETERSON.

BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, I922.

I 11 42 6, 905 Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

CARL E. PETERS01\T,OF BBIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Arti 22, 1922,

Application filed January 1, 1922. Serial No. 526,898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E, PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved buckle which is made entirely of wire, which wire is bent to form the frame of the buckle, and while it is symmetrical it is also free from objection, inasmuch as the wire forms an even and smooth bearing for the tongue.

The construction of the frame is such as to give a maximum of stability with a minimum of weight and bulk.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a face view of the buckle. Figure 2 is a side view thereof, and Figure 3 is a section on line 33 in Figure 1.

The frame of the buckle is made from a single piece of wire, and the wire forms a central strand 10 which is bent at its ends in opposite directions to form loops on each side ,of the strand. In the form shown the loops include the end strands 11 and 12, the wire then being bent to form the flanking strands 13 and 14, respectively, and then bent to form the end strands 15 and 16, the ends of the wire being bent around the central strand at its end to form the eyes 17 and 18.

The eyes are preferably placed close to the strands 11 and 12 so that they are pre vented from slipping outward and allowlng no spreading of the frame, and it is solid. The tongue 19 is arranged to swing on the central strand, being looped as at 20 to embrace the central strand, the tongue having its free end disposed so as to engage one of the flanking strands, in the drawing the strand 13.

To prevent side movement of the tongue, and to allow it to freely swing, the central strand is offset, as at 21, to provide a hearing portion, and while off-set, its shape in cross-sectional area is not materially altered so that the loop 20 can swing freely on it. The portion 21 is off-set in a direction at an angle to the plane of the frame, preferably at a right angle to said plane.

I claim:

A buckle comprising a frame made from a single piece forming a central strand and forming loops of end strands and top and bottom strands, the two ends of the wire being looped around the central strand, the central. strand havin an off-set portion at the center, and at rignt angles to the plane of the buckle, and a tongue pivoted to the off-set portion of the central strand and adapted to engage one of the flanking strands.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I havehereto set my hand, this 31st day of December, 1921.

CARL E. PETERSON. 

